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Help Our Candidates
Congratulations to endorsed winners! Click For Endorsements to see the list and how to contact those that need volunteers.
MEETINGS - FCD Member Meetings are at the Peach Cafe and Coffee Bar in Old Town Monrovia. Please order entrees in advance (see their web site for menu) by 2:30 pm at 626.599.9092 for meetings. Specialty drinks and pastries are available for purchase the night of the meeting. Please support our generous host!
FCD at the Monrovia Family Festival - We Need You
Join us Friday nights at the Monrovia family festival as we educate and energize our friends and neighbors! Volunteers needed between 4:30 and 9PM. To volunteer please email Karen Suarez
NEXT MEMBER MEETING
Thursday October 23, 7 PM
Peach Cafe, Monrovia
Endorsements for Local Measures
Russ Warner for Congress - Take Action!
Courage Campaign Ad Shows Drier's True Colors!
Our friends at the Courage Campaign have developed an incredible video that exposes David Dreier as the Bush Rubber stamp. It destroys his guise as a moderate based on his actual voting record. Watch this ad and then pass it along to everyone you know! Check out their special site bushrubberstamp.com
September 25 Meeting Endorsements
LA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE (see updated Endorsement Page)
   Hilleri Grossman Merritt - Office No. 72
   Rocky L. Crabb - Office No. 154
STATE MEASURES
   Proposition 1A- (YES) Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
   Proposition 2- (YES) Standards for Confining Farm Animals
   Proposition 3- (YES) Children’s hospital Bond  Act. Grant Program
   Proposition 4- (NO) Waiting Period & Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy
   Proposition 5- (YES) Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
   Proposition 6- (NO) Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws.
   Proposition 7- (NO) Renewable Energy Generation
   Proposition 8- (NO) Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
   Proposition 9- (NO) Criminal Justice System. Victims  Rights. Parole
   Proposition 10- (NO) Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
   Proposition 11- (No Position) Redistricting
   Proposition 12- (YES)Veterans  Bond Act of 2008
WHAT'S NEW
See Photos from our great local "Live from the DNC" Obama Speech Watching Party
We were delighted at the incredible turn out and made lots of new friends as about 70 people gathered at Brian's house to listen to Obama's amazing acceptance speech. Click the image below to launch a PDF with photos from the event (note: its about 2.7 MB).
Some of the attendees pose for a photo
Pasadena UDH Oktoberfest to Help Elect Barack Obama
Sunday, October 5, 2008 2:00 ~ 4:00 P.M.
$35 per person includes German food, music and beer. Sign up online by September 30!
Obama Phone Calling Events
Get Involved! Local Obama phone banks:
> Mondays 5-8 PM Sierra Madre - RSVP Lance
> Wednesdays 6-8 PM Alhambra - RSVP Aileen
> Thursdays 6-8:30 pm Arcadia - RSVP Don
> Saturdays 9 AM-Noon RSVP to Don
> Sundays 4-7 PM Monrovia - RSVP Brian
Register to Vote or Verify Your Registration - CA Deadline Oct 20!
The Barack Obama web site has a tool to allow you to register to vote or to verify your registration. Especially this year, its a great idea to verify your registration just to ensure you are set. Click Here